Appropriate "Safety" Colleges for an MIT Applicant?

collegealum314
Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:35:48 +0000

how about U of minnesota-twin cities for chemical engineering??
and U of wisconsin~~
they both have good engineering programs~~

probably UMN is too easy for MIT applicants??

u might be better off going to a school which has strong programs across the board. U. of Illinois is top 10 in most engineering programs. Wisconsin is #3 in Chem E and strong in bio and chem, but not as good in EE or CS. Conversely, U. of Michigan is very strong in mech. E and EECS, but not as good in chem E (though probably still ok.)

So be sure about your major if you are basing your school decision on that. A lot of pick ChemE because they like chemistry and they want to be able to work after graduation, but end up hating the engineering part of the major.